Simple habits can help us control them
A habanera says that “the light that burns in your eyes / if you open them dawns / but when you close them it seems / that the afternoon is dying.” Is the look that important? Of course, poetry assures us that it does. And, in its antipodes, artificial intelligence, which is now applied to almost everything, tells us that too: its algorithms reveal that the eyes, their proportions and their relationship with the rest of the face are key to determining the degree of beauty of a person. For this reason, any defect that affects the aesthetics of the look is very badly worn. “And now with the masks, since we only see our eyes, well more. In addition, during the months in which we have been teleworking we have seen ourselves in the foreground on the screen, something very unflattering, and this has made us notice things of our eyes that we don’t like. Hence, right now there is a real ‘boom’ in the demand for aesthetic eye treatments and operations, “says José Manuel Béjar, plastic surgeon at the San Juan de Dios hospital.
We are horrified to see that fatigue that the dark circles capture on our face! To do? “It is clear that it is not the same to have dark circles because you are going through a bad streak of stress or lack of sleep or that the reason is due to genetic causes, or simply age. The former have a simpler treatment and the latter … complicated ”, confirms Dr. María Agustina Segurado, cosmetic advisor for firms such as Nivea. Although there are things that we can do (and, above all, not do) to have them, at least, under control.
SOS, express attack
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The fastest
Rub an ice cube on your face, especially around the dark circles. -
‘Flash’ blisters or patches
They get you out of a hurry, because they fill the area and smooth it. “Of course, a few hours,” says Béjar. -
Let’s attack the fridge
Keep fresh cucumber, green tea bags or teaspoons in the fridge and apply them for 15 to 20 minutes on the eyes. The cold is a great concealer, since it activates circulation and deflates. That is why it is a good idea to leave the eye contour in the fridge. -
Massage to decongest
It’s a minute. When you get up, apply your eye contour and apply light pressure to the area under the eyes, from the end of the eyebrow to the tear. Then in the opposite direction. Activate circulation by tapping the area with your fingers, draw the area of the eyebrows with your fingers stretching the upper part of the eyes, on the lower part, however, a few light taps are enough.
Avoid exposure to the sun without protection, quickly treat eye infections and atopic dermatitis … These cares help to minimize cosmetic problems around the eyes, an area made up of 22 muscles in continuous movement (blink, gestures, focus visual) that is very easily distended: it is very delicate and is protected by a very thin layer of skin, poor in sebaceous glands, collagen and elastin. So you have to treat it with great care and avoid habits that enhance them to the maximum. Are these:
Sleeping badly … the origin of the majority
Good news: in most people, the appearance of dark circles is related to lack of sleep or excessive tiredness (that is, they improve a lot if we eliminate the cause). When we are in this situation, the blood vessels dilate and swell. Who hasn’t had a short or strenuous night and woke up like Nosferatu? Or it may also be that we sleep in an inappropriate position, since we may be pressing on the face and preventing the blood from reaching correctly. Esthetics experts advise sleeping for 7 to 9 hours and, if possible, on your back. Also with the head somewhat elevated. Many people are surprised when, after a time of vacation, with a good night’s sleep, those dark circles that never go away … are no longer there or have been reduced to the minimum expression!
Oh, those intense evenings that remind us of a pair of cosmic dark circles. Alcohol and tobacco contribute to dehydration of the skin and the loss of collagen, making the vascular network more visible. In addition, they also reduce the amount of oxygen in the blood, so that dark circles are more visible and can be seen through the skin.
If we have inexplicably noticeable dark circles, we must review if our diet is adequate, since the area near the eyes is very revealing of some deficiencies. Lack of vitamin C, iron or zinc can lead to pronounced dark circles. “It is also necessary to have a good level of vitamin K, an essential nutrient in blood clotting, which is found naturally in green vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, spinach or broccoli.
Lots of hydration, but not before bed
For the correct circulation of the blood and the proper functioning of the body, it is necessary to hydrate well. If there is a problem with circulation, it will be reflected in the blood vessels, that is, in the dark circles, which is still a hyperpigmentation (hence makeup is a good resource to disguise it). For this reason, you have to hydrate well: do not wait until you are thirsty to drink and ingest at least two liters of water or infusions a day, but be careful, nothing in large quantities before going to bed, since it accumulates and we will wake up with the most pronounced dark circles. .
Surgical ‘boom’ after the pandemic
Anti-dark circle remedies help, including cosmetics, but the genetic factor and age are so determining that sometimes the only solution is plastic surgery, a blepharoplasty. “I have operated on people in their 30s or 40s, but the majority are between 50 and 60,” says Béjar. And it is nothing definitive. They say it takes ten years off you, but it’s not true. It leaves the counter at zero, but in a few years you will have them the same. Of course, you buy time, “he says. And can’t one intervention be spliced with another? “The postoperative period is not very annoying, it does not hurt … but people usually have only one operation, except the famous ones, of course,” says the surgeon.
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